Scope and Content Note

This subseries contains stage play scripts and screenplays authored and co-authored by Killens. The files include typescripts with revisions, general and audition notes, song lyrics, correspondence, and galley proofs. Some works in particular, such as Cotillion and The Slaves, especially show Killens's process of development and revision. The Sickness and The Slaves were co-authored by Herbert Biberman, and the notes and correspondence give some insight into Killens's working relationship with other writers.

Arrangement Note

Arranged in chronological order.

Plays

Box

Folder

Content

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Ballad of the Winter Soldier: A Musical Tribute to Freedom, notes, 1964

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5

Ballad of the Winter Soldier: A Musical Tribute to Freedom, program, 1964

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6

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 1

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7

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 2

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8

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 3

43

9

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 4

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1

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 5

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2

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy , typescript, version 6

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3

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 7

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4

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 8, 1976

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5

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 9

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6

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 10, 1978

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7

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 11, 1980

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8

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 12, 1980

45

1

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 13, 1980

45

2

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 14

45

3

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 15

45

4

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 16

45

5

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 17

45

6

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 18

45

7

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, version 19

45

8

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, Prologue-Act 1, Scene 11

45

9

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, typescript, Act 2

46

1

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, notes

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2

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, notes on auditions

46

3

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, notes on performances

46

4

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, notes on scenes [1 of 2]

46

5

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, notes on scenes [2 of 2]

46

6

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, programs

46

7

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, reviews

46

8

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, song lyrics, 1978

46

9

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, step outline

46

10

Cotillion: A Musical Comedy, treatments

46

11

Lower Than the Angels, typescript, 1960 [1 of 3] (Produced as a stage play in 1965)

46

12

Lower Than the Angels, typescript, 1960 [2 of 3]

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1

Lower Than the Angels, typescript, 1960 [3 of 3]

47

2

Lower Than the Angels, typescript fragment, circa 1960

47

3

Lower Than the Angels, final script, circa 1965

Screenplays and Scripts

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4

Alas, My Son, first draft with correspondence, 1955

47

5

The American Revolution of Denmark Vesey and His South Carolina Patriots, teleplay treatment and script changes, 1977

47

6

Black Psychiatrists of America film project, 1970 [1 of 3]

47

7

Black Psychiatrists of America film project, 1970 [2 of 3]

47

8

Black Psychiatrists of America film project, 1970 [3 of 3]

47

9

BREAKTHRU, correspondence, 1962-1963

47

10

BREAKTHRU, outline for film, circa 1962-1963

47

11

The Montgomery Story screenplay, typescript, circa 1957-1958

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1

Odds Against Tomorrow screenplay, typescript, December 11, 1958

48

2

Odds Against Tomorrow screenplay, typescripts, 1959 [1 of 2]

48

3

Odds Against Tomorrow screenplay, typescripts, 1959 [2 of 2]

48

4

Odds Against Tomorrow screenplay, reviews, 1959

48

5

The Sickness, screenplay by Herbert J. Biberman and John O. Killens, typescript 1967